First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund Class R3 (FPERX)

Fund Assets	251.34M
Expense Ratio	1.66%
Min. Investment	$0.00
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	1.01
Dividend Yield	5.36%
Dividend Growth	2.30%
Payout Frequency	Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date	Mar 31, 2025

Previous Close	18.91
YTD Return	-1.97%
1-Year Return	6.05%
5-Year Return	23.63%
52-Week Low	n/a
52-Week High	n/a
Beta (5Y)	n/a
Holdings	199
Inception Date	Mar 2, 2011

About FPERX

The First Trust Preferred Securities and Income Fund Class R3 (FPERX) seeks to provide current income and total return. FPERX seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing at least 80% of its net assets in preferred stock and debt instruments similar in many respects to preferred stock such as hybrid securities.

• Category: Preferred Stock
• Performance Rating: Average
• Risk Rating: Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: FPERX
• Share Class: Class R3
• Index: ICE BofA Fixed Rate Preferred H TR

Performance

FPERX had a total return of 6.05% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.23%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
FPEIX	Class I	1.06%
FPEFX	Class F	1.31%
FPEAX	Class A	1.41%
FPECX	Class C	2.16%

Top 10 Holdings

16.35% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Wells Fargo & Company	WFC	2.18%
Barclays PLC	BACR V8 PERP	1.97%
Energy Transfer LP	ET V7.125 PERP G	1.86%
Bank of America Corporation	BAC	1.74%
JPMorgan Chase & Co	JPM V6.875 PERP NN	1.66%
Invesco Preferred ETF	PGX	1.51%
Credit Agricole SA	ACAFP V6.7 PERP 144A	1.46%
LAND O'LAKES INC - Land O' Lakes Inc	LLAKES 8 PERP 144A	1.33%
BNP Paribas SA	BNP V8.5 PERP 144A	1.32%
Deutsche Bank AG	DB V6 PERP 2020	1.32%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Mar 31, 2025	$0.0843	Mar 31, 2025
Feb 28, 2025	$0.0844	Feb 28, 2025
Jan 31, 2025	$0.0842	Jan 31, 2025
Dec 31, 2024	$0.0842	Dec 31, 2024
Nov 29, 2024	$0.0842	Nov 29, 2024
Oct 31, 2024	$0.0843	Oct 31, 2024